Strangest tool you carry?

[steveindenmark]

Sandwiches.

I found out a long time ago that my bike wont work without them.

 

[raleighnut]

I carry a piece of toothpaste tube in case of tyre damage

I'm hoping these new 'plastic' fivers will be up to that, plus they'll then be a dual purpose bit of kit in that I can get a pint with it if I don't need it in the tyre.

 

[Nibor]

Not a tool as such, but i was talking to a guy at one of the stops on RideLondon yesterday who's rear derailler was bent. He had a spare gear hanger in his pocket.

You can get a universal hanger apparently

 

[Mrs M]

I carry a wee bit of extra rubber to put under the clip holding my Pashley's rear mudguard.
Sometimes it rattles and this comes in use
Rubber came from a cannibalised dud Cateye light, "waste not want not"

 

[Tom B]

£1 coin taped inside my helmet.

It used to be a 10p but phone boxes suddenly got expensive.

 

[NorthernDave]

One of these:

Only joking, not really...

 

[Dayvo]

Not a tool, but an aid for pumping up a Presta valve.

To go over the pump on offer and the valve itself.

 

[fossyant]

Snap... and I've had call to use it too. Worth it's weight in gold

Yep, bit of A4 plastic wallet just in case of a big hole. Posh I am, no toothpaste packets.

 

[Accy cyclist]

One of these:
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Only joking, not really...

I have one of those. It was my dad's when he was an apprentice in the 1940's.

 

[jonny jeez]

On my way home last night I saw a bloke at the side of the road, bike upside down fixing a puncture. Stopped to check he was ok and saw he was just putting the wheel back on, with a full sized torque wrench.
.

Did he have Carbon Dropouts?

 

[jonny jeez]

Snap... and I've had call to use it too. Worth it's weight in gold

You do know that they sell Tyre Boots at Park tool for about 50p...self adhesive and everything

 

[CanucksTraveller]

I'm hoping these new 'plastic' fivers will be up to that, plus they'll then be a dual purpose bit of kit in that I can get a pint with it if I don't need it in the tyre.

Good idea. I have to have a tenner in my sealed sandwich bag in the toolkit, just in case I need a spare tube / pint. Five pounds might not do a pint where I am.
I imagine Dellseqq could get a whole 200 page thread out of the whole north / south material inherent in that, or probably already has. ;-)

 

[Dogtrousers]

Some years ago I bought (with money) some purpose made Park Tools tyre boots. They didn't cost much. I've never needed one yet, but they are in my kit. No searching round for toothpaste tubes or milk cartons at the roadside for me when/if the day comes.

 

[GlenBen]

Did he have Carbon Dropouts?

It didnt look carbon(ey). More like a 3 tonne steel bike, but I am quite often wrong.

 

[GlenBen]

I have one of those. It was my dad's when he was an apprentice in the 1940's.

Same. I used to love that drill when i was a kid. I wasnt allowed the electric one.